SEO Changes for 2017

SEO is not a steady force. It changes like the wind, and any SEO expert can tell you about the bets they made for 2016’s SEO evolution. In the blink of an eye, 2017 is here, and we’ve collected the low-down on this year’s SEO trends set to help plan and strategize for SEO success this year.

In an effort to develop a more user-friendly web, Google are introducing an updated standard when it comes to the building of web content for mobile devices. This new initiative goes by the name of AMP, short for Accelerated Mobile Pages Project. It comprises a set of rules that, together, create a much lighter version of HTML.

Any pages that comply with AMP will load faster than ever on mobile devices across the globe. It was only launched in February 2017, and SEO experts are still approaching the concept with caution. Is it just another whimsical fad, or will it stand the test of time?

Any SEO guru will know the rule of thumb – never overdo redirects. A few months back, Google shocked the SEO world to the core with the announcement that redirects will no longer cause loss of PageRank. People are free to utilize any 3xx redirection – minus the fear. But it’s not all sunshine and roses. Christoph C. Cember (LinkResearchTools) believes 301 redirects can do more harm than good, interfering with how pages pass their topic relevance through anchor text.

2017 will see voice search continue to become the frontier of online searches.

Brand new sites are going to have a harder time ranking on its SERPs that a site with indexed age.

Google wants to see that you’ve got a quality link profile boasting authority, as well as underlying content.

This is just the beginning. If you want to dominate SEO in 2017, it’s vital to stay ahead of the times. With more than 200 factors influencing online success, continuous homework is a necessity! We hope this helped. Don’t hesitate to contact us at any time to demystify the fluctuating world of SEO.